Clean Power: Job Creation
Lords · Question HL789 · Tabled 9 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Rooker
To ask His Majesty's Government whether new jobs created over the past two years by the clean power investment programme have equalled the jobs lost in the fossil fuel industry over the same period of time.
Answer
Answered by Lord Whitehead, 23 Jun 2026
The most recent Office for National Statistics figures show that up to 453,900 full-time equivalent jobs were in the UK’s low carbon and renewable energy economy and wider supply chain in 2024. The UK Government’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan sets out that the ...